Independence Days – Week 2

Plant Something – Rick replanted the skips in our spinach, lettuce and radish rows. And we have a radish thief… one of the hens keeps jumping the fence and stealing the seeds. It may be time to clip their wings. ;)

Harvest Something – Eggs! Each day we get 2 to 3 eggs from our adult hens. I was being quite miserly with our egg consumption this week, so the cartons are full!

Preserve Something – I’ve picked some raspberry leaves to dry. I’m going to try to make raspberry leaf tea from them instead of buying the stuff. Never tried this before!

Reduce Waste – normal recycling, composting, feeding scraps to the chickens, etc. Nothing new to add to this category this week.

Preparation and Storage - We’re looking into getting another freezer. We may get it for ourselves so we can harvest a buffalo this year, or we may get it and give/resell it to another family who needs it. We’ll see on this. It’s not done this week though, so it may not quite count. ;)

Build Community Food Systems – Does this count? I gave gifts to my friends and cousin for my baby shower. It was a bee themed shower, so their gifts included honey from local farms and bees wax candles from local artisans.

Eat the Food - I know this is bad, but I FINALLY broke into the frozen pablanos. We had four bushels of roasted chiles from last September. Half Anaheims and half pablanos. I just didn’t know what to do with the pablanos. But I braved it, and they were so good. Glad we have more to eat, but I’m wishing we had started eating them sooner!

Howdy!

From gardens, bees and backyard chickens in the heart of Denver to starting from scratch in San Antonio. Our family of five is striving to find the simple life - the easy way. I spend my free time blogging and getting dirt under my nails along side my hard-working husband. Yay for modern housewifery, urban livestock and front yard gardens!